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Mccain Says Hillary Clinton Would Be A `Star' In Senate

April 10, 2000

Sen. John McCain predicted Monday that if Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected, she will be a "star" unlike any politician seen in Senate since Robert F. Kennedy. But he says she's still too liberal for his taste.

McCain made the comments a day after he campaigned for Clinton's opponent, Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

"This is the first time in history a first lady has run," McCain told students Monday at Columbia University. "She would be a star of the quality that has not been seen in the Senate since Bobby Kennedy was elected senator from the state of New York.

Asked by reporters to clarify his remarks about Clinton, McCain said, "I believe she'd be very liberal and I don't believe she'd be good for the country."